A new report from the CDC underscores the need for improved policies and enforcement to prevent food contamination by ill or infectious food workers. The implementation of paid leave for sick workers is a primary concern.
The research suggests that implementing comprehensive ill-worker policies, such as requiring employees to report
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Latino food workers are at risk of contracting coronavirus at their jobs, which is not only a risk to their health but also to the nation’s food supply, according to a Hispanic civil rights organization.
During an online news conference yesterday leaders of the League of United Latin American Citizens
Continue Reading Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation’s food supply
A food handler infected with hepatitis A who worked at New Jersey’s Mendham Golf and Tennis Club is likely responsible for 27 illnesses including one death.
The outbreak, traced to the infected food handler who worked at the Mendham Township club between June 9 and June 30, was first reported
Continue Reading NJ food handler worked with hepatitis A infection; 27 confirmed sick, 1 dead
An Oregon man contracted to clean a meat processing plant died last week when he fell into a machine at the facility. Hugo Avalos-Chanon, age 41, of Southeast Portland died late Friday night after becoming entangled in a blender at the Interstate Meat Disrtibutors, Inc. plant in Clackamas, OR, reported
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A new analysis of Campylobacter infections among workers at a Virginia poultry plant offers hints about which employees more likely to fall ill from the bacteria. Government researchers examined health data for plant employees from January 2008 through May 2011 and found that 29 Campylobacter cases had been confirmed during
Continue Reading Study Highlights Campylobacter Risk Factors for Poultry Plant Workers
Employees at an Indiana Subway restaurant went to work in January despite being sick with Norovirus, according to a health department investigation. During a Norovirus outbreak in Blackford County that sickened 90 residents from January 5 through January 8 of this year, workers at a Hartford City Subway continued to
Continue Reading Sick Subway Employees Worked During Norovirus Outbreak
Making restaurants pay for vaccinating their own employees against hepatitis A before they become food service workers would be a far cheaper alternative than running huge vaccination clinics after a food service worker becomes infected and exposes the public.
The city of Lubbock, TX is the latest community holding a
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Diners beware: some restaurant workers may not have a full grasp of what it takes to keep food safe from contamination.
That’s according to a recent study from the University of Illinois at Chicago, which posed a series of food safety questions to area food handlers and found that the
Continue Reading Kitchen Confusion: Food Workers Score Poorly on Safe Handling Test
The “Big 5” in food-safety parlance are norovirus, hepatitis A, Salmonella Typhi, Shigella and E. coli O157:H7 and its dangerous cousins, bugs that have high infectivity and can be easily transmitted to food by sick food servers.
Everyone working with food should know about the Big 5, and be aware
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